News Both he and his deputy Kishore Shallow were elected unopposed Ricky Skerritt – “we renew our pledge to work untiringly to help achieve sustainable improvement, both on and off the field, for West Indies cricket” Ricky Skerritt has been officially elected for a second term as president of Cricket West Indies. Skerritt and his deputy Kishore Shallow were elected unopposed at CWI’s annual general meeting, held virtually, on…
News The New Zealand captain would have taken the place of Jonny Bairstow in the season opener had he been match-fit Kane Williamson has made a career out of proving those who write him off in T20s. He tends to not start the season for Sunrisers Hyderabad, but ends up being a key player by the end of it. While Sunrisers began once again without Williamson in the XI, there…
Report Visitors can only manage five wickets on final day after declaring on lead of 395 Durham 330 (Raine 59, Lees 58, Bedingham 57) and 332 for 4 dec (Bedingham 180*, Eckersley 113*) drew with Nottinghamshire 267 (Moores 96*, Hutton 51, Salisbury 4-74) and 298 for 5 (James 79*, Slater 73, Mullaney 69) Nottinghamshire found the required resilience to pick up the significantly enhanced eight-point reward for a draw in…
Derbyshire 189 (Critchley 64, Reece 63, Norwell 5-32) and 244 (Critchley 83, Hosein 78*, Hannon-Dalby 5-76) drew with Warwickshire 221 (Lamb 54) and 7 for 0 A century stand from Matt Critchley and Harvey Hosein led Derbyshire to safety on the final day of their Championship match at Edgbaston. Resuming on the fourth morning with a lead of 39 and five wickets in hand, Critchley and Hosein added 113 in…
Report Unbroken partnership between van Buuren and Chris Dent seals chase after Surrey collapse Surrey 220 and 232 for 5 (Foakes 81*, Burns 74) lead Gloucestershire 326, Topley 5-66) by 126 runs Graeme van Buuren‘s third century for Gloucestershire, in only 94 balls, steered them to an eight-wicket victory over Surrey at Bristol and a first win in the fixture since 2011. Van Buuren’s unbeaten 110 and 91 not out…
Essex 490 for 9 dec (Westley 213, Wheater 87) and 28 for 1 drew with Worcestershire 475 (Libby 180*, Barnard 128, Pennington 56, Wessels 54) “This is really starting to get on my tits,” conceded a deeply shrouded member of Essex’s coaching staff, as he pottered round the boundary’s edge to lend morale support to his toiling fast bowler, Sam Cook. Way back in the mists of time – Saturday…
Report Opener’s ton helps ease home side to a draw after being set 379 to win in 76 overs Yorkshire 193 (Lyth 52) and 223 for 4 (Lyth 115*, Brook 60) drew with Glamorgan 330 (van der Gugten 85*, Douthwaite 57, Carlson 55, Hogan 54, Coad 4-94) and 241 for 4 dec (B Root 110*, Cook 102*) The battle of the Roots fell decidedly to Billy as he put his…
Aaron Thomason works into the on side © Getty Images Sussex 301 (Haines 155, Robinson 59, Bailey 4-48) and 103 for 2 (Thomason 46*) drew with Lancashire 407 (Vilas 189, Davies 61, Jones 58) by 68 runs When a heavy snow shower ended this match just after lunch on the final day one or two wiseacres at Old Trafford suggested it was all one could expect if one played cricket…
News The visitors plan to return on Monday before a stricter lockdown is imposed in Bangladesh South Africa Women’s Emerging side will be leaving Bangladesh without playing the last match South Africa Emerging Women’s tour of Bangladesh has been cut short by one game after the visitors decided to leave the country on April 12 before a stricter lockdown is enforced from April 14, which was their originally-scheduled departure…
News Dr Saleem had tendered his resignation last month, only for it to be accepted now Teams warm up in front of empty stands due to coronavirus fears during the PSL The PCB has decided to release the head of its Medical Department Dr Sohail Saleem, officially accepting his resignation, which had been tendered on March 5 in the wake of the PSL’s postponement last month. The PCB believes…